Robert Schumann
Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson
Kinderszenen Op. 15
for chamber orchestra
Robert Schumann
Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson
Kinderszenen
for chamber orchestra
Op. 122 2023
SCORE
1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
2. Kuriose Geschichte
3. Hasche-Mann
4. Bittendes Kind
5. Glückes
8.
INSTRUMENTATION
2 Flutes (2nd doubling Piccolo)
2 Oboes (2nd doubling English Horn)
2 Clarinets in Bb
2 Bassoons
2 Horns in F
2 Trumpets in C
Strings
Transposed Score
Duration: 20 min
Orchestration commissioned by Västmanlandsmusiken/Västerås Sinfonietta
World premiere 18 January 2024; Västerås konserthus Västerås Sinfonietta, cond. Simon Crawford-Phillips
ISMN 979-0-070-14588-6
Score: GE 14588 Study score: GE 14590 Parts available on hire
Copyright © 2023 Gehrmans Musikförlag AB, Stockholm
Stema Specialtryck, Borås RM/MM 2024
Transposed Score
1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Clarinet
2. Kuriose Geschichte
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
3. Hasche-Mann
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
4. Bittendes Kind
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
5. Glückes genug
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
6. Wichtige Begebenheit
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
7. Träumerei
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023) 8. Am Kamin
9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
10. Fast zu ernst
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
11. Fürchtenmachen
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
Music: Robert Schumann, Op. 15 (1838) Orchestration: Rolf Martinsson, Op. 122 (2023)
Works by Rolf Martinsson
available at Gehrmans Musikförlag
Concertos
• Dawning Landscapes (fl, ob, string orchestra, 1984)
• Bridge – Trumpet Concerto No. 1 (1998)
• Fairlight – Trombone Concerto No. 1 (2004)
• Shimmering Blue – Flute Concerto No. 1 (2005)
• Cello Concerto No. 1 (2005)
• Violin Concerto No. 1 (2007)
• Concert Fantastique – Clarinet Concerto No. 1 (2010) (short version also available)
• Double Bass Concerto No. 1 (2011)
• Golden Harmony – Soprano Saxophone Concerto No. 1 (2012)
• Airy Flight (solo in C/Bb, string orchestra, 2012)
• Soundscape – A Walk in Colours – Horn Concerto (2022)
Orchestra
• Impression (1980)
• Poem for Orchestra No. 1 (1981)
• Dreams (1995)
• Shadowed Pitch (1996)
• Open Mind (2005)
• Variations for Orchestra on themes from Dietrich Buxtehude (2007)
• Concerto for Orchestra (2008)
• Chamber Concerto No. 2 (2010)
• Opening Sounds (2012)
• Tour de force (2013)
• Shimmering Islands (2017)
Voice/Orchestra
• Orchestral Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson (sopr/mz, 2009)
• Ich denke Dein… (text: Goethe, Rilke, Eichendorff, sopr, 2014)
• In i evigheten (Into Eternity) (text: Boye, sopr, 2015)
Voice/String Orchestra
• Garden of Devotion (text: Tagore, sopr, 2014)
• Forlorn (text: Tagore, sopr, ce, str, 2014)
• Till skuggan av en verklighet (text: Boye, sopr, solo vln, str, 2013/2019)
String Orchestra
• Rondo (1983/2019)
• A. S. in Memoriam (15 strings, 1999)
• A. S. in Memoriam (string orchestra, 1999/2001)
• String Moments (2001)
• Kalliope (2004)
Wind Orchestra
• Concert Fantastique – Clarinet Concerto No. 1 (2010/2018) (short version)
Wind Ensemble
• Clarinet Sextet (4 cl, 2 bcl, 1983)
• Carillon (4 tpt, 2 hn, trb, b trb, tu, 2006)
• Airy Flight (solo in C/Bb, brass quintet, 2012)
• Suite for Woodwind Quintet (fl/picc, ob/eng hn, cl/b cl, hn, bn, 2014)
Passions
• Lukaspassionen (soli, choir, ensemble, 2012) (German version also available)
Mixed Choir
• Vattennätter (1987)
• Allt under himmelens fäste (1989, arr.)
• Kristallen den fina (1989, arr.)
• Vi sålde våra hemman (1989, arr.)
• Fem spanska julsånger (1989, arr.)
• Inspiration (1996)
• Öppna en väg (solo, choir, org, 2010)
• Lux aeterna (2023)
Female Choir
• Ave Maria (2021)
Male Choir
• Månsånger (1993)
• Mouthpiece (2006)
• Nattviol (2007)
Voice/Chamber Music
• Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson (sopr/mz, pi, 2009/2013)
• Till skuggan av en verklighet (To the Shadow of Reality)
(text: Boye, sopr, string quartet, 2013)
Chamber Music
• String Quartet No. 1 (1980)
• Rondo (2 vl, 2 vla, 2 ce, 1983/2019)
• Dawning Landscapes (fl, ob, string quintet, 1984)
• Duo (vl, ce, 1986)
• Triptyk (b cl, pi, 1987)
• Oboe Quartet (ob, vl, vla, ce, 1988)
• Symbiosis (2 vl, 2003)
• Bridge – Trumpet Concerto No. 1 (tpt, pi, 1998/2007)
• Suite Fantastique (cl, pi, 2010/2011)
• Fairy Dances (ob, ha, ce, 2024)
Solo
• Capriccio (vl, 1991)
• Exposé, Concert Fantasy (ce, 2005)
• Face it! (tpt, 2006)
• Bassic Instinct (db, 2011)
• Six Miniatures (git, 1993)
Organ
• Chords and Bells (2006)
• Intermezzo (arr. Johan Gustafsson, 2012)
Piano
• Scorpius (1987)
• Aquarius (2006)
• A. S. in Memoriam (1999/2007)
• Taurus (2011)
• Diabelli Variation (2023)
Orchestrations/Arrangements
• From “Five Pieces in Folk Style, op. 102” – Robert Schumann (solo cl in A, chamber/string orchestra, 2014/2016)
• Walzer-Gesänge, Op. 6 – Alexander von Zemlinsky (text: Gregorovius, sopr, chamber orchestra/string quartet, 2018/2024)
• Traumreise – on songs by Franz Berwald (sopr, orchestra, 2018) (short version also available)
• L’amerò sarò costante (from “Il re pastore”) – W. A. Mozart (text: Metastasio, sopr, solo vln, string orchestra, 2019)
• Infelice – Felix Mendelssohn (text: Metastasio, sopr, solo vln, string orchestra, 2019)
• Hommage an Clara – songs by Clara Schumann (sopr, orchestra/string quartet, 2021/2023)
• Två visor ur ”Fem visor till text av J.L. Runeberg” – W. Stenhammar (voice, orchestra, 2021)
• Kinderszenen – Robert Schumann (chamber orchestra, 2023)